The Ontario government will create 15 new ridings and match their boundaries to the constituencies created in the current federal redistribution. Premier Wynne also announced Thursday that the 2018 provincial election will be in the Spring, rather than the Fall. Ontario elections have always been held randomly at the discretion of the Premier within the limits of the term of the Legislature. .
NO MENTION OF RANKED BALLOTS
The premier did not make any mention of reforming the Ontario electoral system to so-called ranked ballots. Some may find this surprising since she is said to favour such a reform and because she said that legislation would be passed to permit municipalities to adopt this method of voting Ranked balloting ensures that the winning candidate wins at least 50% of the votes. It is common in heavily populated areas for the winner to be elected with as little as 30 percent of the popular vote. CBC .
